Family Marantaceae Brown 1814 (arrowroot)

Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Marantaceae

Parent taxon: Zingiberales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Mabberley 2000 and Prasad et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Cannaceae, Costaceae, Ensete, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Musaceae, Strelitziaceae, Zingiberaceae

Subtaxa: Alpinia Clinogyne Donax Phrynium

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Nepal (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (4), India (2), Nepal (1)

• Eocene of China (1)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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